Hanging device for pictures, &amp;c.



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m. POLLACK. HANGING DEVICE FOR PICTURES, &c.

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No. 659,038. l 'Patanted 001:. 2, I900. M. PULLACK.

HANGING DEVICE FOR PICTURES, 6m.

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UNITED STATES PATENT ()FFICE.

MAX POLLAOK, OF-NEW YORK, Y.

HANGING DEVICE FOR PICTURES, C.

SPECIFIGATTONior-mhig part of Letters Patent No. 659,038, dated October2, 1900.

' Application filed May '7, 1900. Serial No. 15,713. (No model.)

To a, whom it ma concern/.

Be it known that 1, MAX POLLAOK, a citizen of the United States,residing at No. 418 East Seventy seventh street, in the city of NewYork, borough of Manhattan, county ,of New York, and State of New York,have in vented certain new and u.-, eful Improvements in HangingDevices, of which the following is a specification.

The nature of the invention consists in the combination and arrangementofthe various parts hereinafter described.

The object of the invention is to produce an improved andin'expensivedevice for hanging pictures, mirrors, and similar articles, all of whichwill be more fully understood from the following general description andthe accompanying drawings and will be subsequently pointed out in theclaims.

' Figure 1 is a view of my newly-invented hanging apparatus as appliedto hanging a picture. Fig. 2 is an edge View of the same. Figs. 3, 4, 5,6, 7, 8, and 9 are views of details more fully hereinafter described.

Heretofore pictures, mirrors, and articles of a similar kind have beenhung up with cords, wires, and similar appliances; but all of these havebeen found clumsy, troublesome, and unsightly. It is to obviate thisdifficulty that my present invention has been devised.

Referring to the drawings herewith, which; are hereby made a part ofthis specificatiomj F and F designate the rods on which the device ismounted. These may be of any approved material, shape, and size. Theserods are pivoted at their upper end'to the supporting-hook G by thescrew g and nut h. The lower end of each rod is pivoted to alever B.This lever B is also pivoted to a base-plate A by the screw R. Upon thisbase-plate A is formed a stud r. The top of this stud is cut at anangle, as illustrated by 1' of Fig. 7. Upon this stud T, which is a partof baseplate A, is fastened pivotally and detachably' the end I) of thelever B. This end I) of the lever B is cut with teeth b, so as to form asegmental ratchet. In this ratchet 17' works the end d of the pawlD,which is pivoted toa projection a of the base-plate A. This pawl D isactuated by the spring 0. Proper holes for screws are bored in thebase-plate A, and two stop-pins t and t are provided to limit the motionof the leverB. The supporting-hook that the projecting end g will, ifthe operator so desires, engagethe lower edge of the molding on andprevent the hook from coming off or, if it be so desired may be swungout clear of the molding to allow the hook to come off. If it be founddesirable, this hook G may be replaced by the plate (2, adapted toengage a nail S in the wall, as illustrated in Figs. 8 and 9, the wholedevice to be substantially as illustrated in the drawings.

To use my invention, the base-plates A are screwed firmly to the back ofa pictureframe, as illustrated in Fig. 1, so that the pawls D will be ai-ranged as is there illustrated and the hook G hung over the molding mas there illustrated. While the levers B are in the position thereillustrated, the picture will be atits lowest point of suspension andthe said levers will rest against the stoppins t; but if the opera-torgrasp the pictureframe with his hands on either side, so that one thumbwill come upon each pawl D, be can by pressing the lever end of the pawllift it out of the segmental ratchet I). Then the picture can be raisedupward, and the lever B will begin to move toward the positionillustrated in dotted lines in Fig. 6. Whenasufficient height has beenattained, the pawl D is again allowed to fall into the ratchet b, whereit will be held by the resilience of the spring 0, and the picture willbe firmly and steadily retained in its position. If the pawl be nowlifted out of the ratchet and the picture be pulled downward, as itcomes down the lever B will move back toward its original position, asillustrated in Fig. l, and may be retained in any desired place byreplacing the pawl in the ratchet. It will be observed that theprojection g of the hook G, engaging the lower side of the molding m,prevents the hook from coming off the molding when the picture is liftedupward, as described. It will also be observed that on aooount of theslanting top of the stud 1", on which the lever B is pivoted, t hebase-plate A will hold the picture so that it will not change its anglewith the wall to any great extent while being lifted and lowered, asaforesaid.

It is obvious that this hanging device may be applied to mirrors,pictures, divers Wall ornaments, and various other similar articles.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-- 1. In a hanging device, substantially as described, the base-plateA, the lever B, adapted to engage hanging-rods with one end, cut into asegmental ratchet at the other, a stud having a slanting top, upon whichsaid lever is pivoted, a pawl working in said ratchet and pivoted 'to aprojection on said base-plate, and a spring actuating said pawl, allsubstantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. In a hanging device the combination with the hook G, projection g,and rods F, pivoted to said hook, of the lever B, pivoted to rod F,ratchet b on the end of said lever, and pivoted to stud r, thebase-plate A, and the stud r, thereon, the pawl D, pivoted on saidbase-plate A, and engaging said ratchet b, and spring 0, actuating saidpawl, all substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In a hanging device, the combination with the two rods F, and F,arranged and adapted to be folded together, as set forth, and means asspecified for supporting the same, of levers B, pivotally and detachablyfastened to said rods, ratchets 1) formed on the lower ends of saidlevers, base-plates A, studs 1', integral with said base-plates, andpivotally attaching the said levers thereto, the pawls D, adapted andarranged to engage said ratchets, and the springs 0, arranged to actuatesaid pawls, all substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

4. In a hanging device, for pictures and like articles, the combinationwith the lever B, cut at its lower end into a segmental ratchet, of thebaseplate A, the stud r, integral With the said base-plate, cut at anangle to said base-plate, and pivotally and detachably attaching saidbase-plate and said lever, the pawl D, pivoted to said base-plate andengaging said ratchet, the spring 0, actuating said pawl, means as setforth, whereby said device is adapted to engage a wall-molding, wherebyfacility is aiforded to said device, for raising and lowering a pictureattached thereto, all substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

5. In a hanging device, the combination,

with the base-plate A, the stud r, integral therewith, and cut at anangle thereto as specified, of the lever B, pivotally and detachablyconnected to said base-plate by said stud, and arranged and adapted, tomaintain unchanged, the angle between a picture attached thereto and awall, while said picture is raised and lowered, means as set forthadapting said picture to be raised and lowered, means as described forconnecting a picture to said base-plate, and means substantially asspecified for supporting said hanging device, all substantially as andfor the purpose set forth.

Signed at borough of Manhattan, in the county of New York, city andState of New York, this 30th day of April, A. D. 1900.

MAX POLLACK.

Witnesses:

HERMAN DINCIN, MALVINA GrrLER.

